{"68338":{"#nid":"68338","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Bush Honors Two Georgia Tech Alums for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EARLINGTON,                          Va.-President Bush announced nine individuals and eight                          institutions to receive the 2003 Presidential Award for                          Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring                          (PAESMEM) at the May 6 ceremony. Christine Grant received                          her master\u0027s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering                          from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986 and 1989,                          respectively; and Calvin Mackie received his bachelor\u0027s                          degree in mechanical engineering in 1990, as well as his                          master\u0027s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering                          from Georgia Tech in 1992 and 1996.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach year the                          president recognizes the people and institutions that                          have provided broad opportunities for participation by                          women, minorities and people with disabilities in science,                          mathematics and engineering in elementary, secondary,                          undergraduate and graduate education. Each award includes                          a $10,000 grant for continued mentoring work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe National                          Science Foundation (NSF), an independent federal agency                          that supports fundamental research and education programs                          across all fields of science and engineering, administers                          the awards on behalf of the White House. In the eight                          years the awards have been made, 78 individuals and 62                          institutions have been recognized. The program allows                          for an annual maximum of 10 awards each for individuals                          and institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecipients                          of this year\u0027s individual awards include a range of professionals                          from chemical engineering and computer science to biology                          and medicine. Their innovative approaches include comprehensive                          programs and enrichment activities for K-12 students to                          initiatives aimed at reaching a continuum of students                          from early childhood through undergraduates, using such                          community resources as schools and churches.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChristine Grant,                          currently at North Carolina State University, is one of                          only six tenured African-American women faculty members                          in chemical engineering nationwide. Her outreach activities                          serve students from K-12 through graduate education. She                          includes students in her research agenda, and she gives                          additional attention to mentoring junior faculty. She                          has built an array of activities that seek to stop leaks                          in the academic pipeline for women and students from traditionally                          under-represented groups and teaches students how to work                          within the system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECalvin Mackie,                          currently at Tulane University, is a tenured associate                          professor of mechanical engineering. His mentoring and                          outreach activities extend to pre-college, undergraduate,                          and graduate populations. Active in the community, speaking                          to large audiences and to schools, Mackie is authentic,                          humorous and has a high-energy, charismatic style in communicating                          science. He also develops video and other visual materials.                          His skill in using a unique cultural framework in his                          mentoring has effectively motivated students from diverse                          backgrounds to succeed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso recognized                          during the noon ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office                          Building were: Chellu S. Chetty, professor of biology,                          Savannah State University; Denice D. Denton, dean of engineering,                          University of Washington; Linda Bailey Hayden, professor                          of computer science, Elizabeth City State University;                          Rudolf E. Henning, professor of electrical engineering,                          University of South Florida; Ellis Ingram, University                          of Missouri-Columbia; Lisa Pruitt, professor of biomedical                          engineering, University of California-Berkeley, and; Margaret                          Werner-Washburne, professor of biology, University of                          New Mexico.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe institutional                          awards recognize organizations that have developed mentoring                          approaches that encourage improved achievement, keeping                          young students in the \u0026quot;pipeline\u0026quot; of science,                          engineering and mathematics education, and creating peer                          mentoring programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe institutional                          honors went to: American Physiological Society; Center                          for the Advancement of Hispanics in Science \u0026amp; Engineering                          Education; Committee on the Status of Women in Computing                          Research, Computing Research Association (CRA-W); CONNECT,                          University of California at Riverside; Alfred P. Sloan                          Foundation\u0027s \u0026quot;Increasing Ph.D.s for Underrepresented                          Minorities;\u0026quot; National Society of Black Engineers;                          Science and Technology Programs, New York State Department                          of Education, and; Women in Engineering Program (WEP),                          Pennsylvania State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollectively,                          the 2003 awards recognize exemplary mentoring programs                          nationwide, from New York to Florida, and westward from                          Pennsylvania to California. Four of the eight institutional                          awards were to organizations in or around Washington,                          D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information                          on the presidential mentoring awards program, see: \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/www.ehr.nsf.gov\/EHR\/HRD\/paesmem.asp\u0026quot;\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ehr.nsf.gov\/EHR\/HRD\/paesmem.asp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Bush announced nine individuals and eight institutions toreceive the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) at the May 6 ceremony.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2011-06-20 17:13:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:34","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}